Celebrating life at Barchester

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all

We hope your day was filled with love and joy.

We spent the morning enjoying some beautiful love songs with Olivia Grace Piper — nothing better than music to set the mood!

We followed it up with a delicious lunch and the most fantastic dessert to top it all off.

Love isn’t just about romance. It’s about the people who support you, the laughter you share, the kindness you give, and the care you show yourself.

What a lovely morning!

We were treated to a visit from a new talented musical entertainer, called Sophie and our residents absolutely loved it. Smiles filled the room as everyone sang along, clapped, and even danced to the music. Moments like these bring so much happiness.

We had a lovely visit today from the children of Sevenoaks Primary School who came to read to us for National Read Aloud Day

Our residents were absolutely delighted to see the children and were so impressed with their confident and engaging reading. It was a joy to share such a special moment together — thank you for brightening our day! 

On Thursday, we had a wonderful visit from Dassett Alpacas here at Chacombe Park Care Home.

Our residents absolutely loved meeting, petting, and feeding the alpacas as they made their way around the home, even popping into bedrooms for those who preferred to stay cosy! It was such a special experience and brought so many smiles to everyone’s faces. Thank you, Dassett Alpacas, for such a memorable day!

The residents enjoyed flower arranging in the home today. Staff members were also involved in creating some wonderful bouquets, it was a  great way to get people engaged and make some lovely arrangements to dress up the home.

We had a lovely toddler group here at Chacombe Park today, and everyone really enjoyed the hula hoop tunnel. Lots of smiles, movement, and intergenerational fun shared together!

Thank you to Philippa from Rhythm Time Banbury, Buckingham and The Cotswolds for hosting such a fun and friendly group.

Today we had another visit from Helen from Intergr8 Archery who taught our residents how to how to master Archery! 

The residents had a great time getting to grips with the equipment and became very competitive as the session progressed.

Everyone at Chacombe Park Care Home would love to wish you a very happy birthday!

We hope you enjoyed your lovely chocolates, beautiful flowers, and delicious cake. Wishing you a day filled with smiles, laughter, and special moments.

What a pleasure it was to treat our local Women’s Institute to an elegant afternoon tea party. General Manager Shaju Paul said “It was an absolute pleasure to host the wonderful ladies from the Chacombe Women's Institute in our newly refurbished Community Activities Room”.  

The homes chef and hospitality team laid on a fabulous Afternoon Tea which consisted of savoury mini quiches to start, finger sandwiches of smoked salmon, ham, and egg mayonnaise before a variety of sweet pastries and the traditional scones with jam, fresh cream and lashing of tea! 

To finish the dining experience the ladies were enticed to enjoy a slice chef’s delicious cake as; ‘CAKE is always the answer, no matter the question!’

General Manager Shaju helped serve throughout, taking time to chat to everyone about the home’s recent refurbishment, and how the home are welcoming small businesses and charitable groups to utilise their large Activities Room, and various quite lounges within the home to support their services.

Before leaving the ladies took the opportunity to tour the home and gardens, meeting with residents and staff along the way.